Charity Parenzini and Laura Kenny in The Realization of Emily Linder (John Ulman) |
The Realization of Emily Linder
Taproot Theatre
Through June 11, 2016
Emily Linder has had a realization. She’s going to die in a
couple of days. She tells her daughters, who have mixed feelings of belief, and
demands that they plan her funeral. But she tells them exactly what she wants
to have at the funeral, including helium balloons!
So begins the current play, The Realization of Emily Linder, at Taproot Theatre. Playwright Richard
Strand includes a lot of contemporary stressors of families: elder care issues,
managing illness, losses of spouses in later life, adult children coping with
aging parents, sibling rivalry and more.